After some research I tried something different. This afternoon I sprayed a muffin tin lightly with cooking spray, then cracked an egg open in each muffin tin. It looked like this...
Monday, February 27, 2012
Oh, the things you can do with eggs
Breakfast and dinner are the 2 worst times for me. Usually my husband is home for breakfast so that helps out immensely. Dinner is just plain horrible, which is why I'm trying out the meal plans. But last week he worked a couple of night shifts and I was on my own with the angels for wake up. Of course, the newborn always wakes up a few minutes before the toddler and has to nurse immediately. Then the toddler has to sit in her crib playing (usually whining) until the newborn is finished before I can tend to her. This somehow makes her think she's just plain starving. The newborn is now wide awake and doesn't want to be put down and the toddler is screaming for breakfast so I thought I needed some easy things on hand. She loves eggs, so usually I spray a mug lightly with cooking spray, crack an egg in the mug and add a tad bit of milk. Scramble with a fork and microwave for 1 minute. If it's still wet at that point, fluff with a fork and microwave for another 30 seconds. But this is now too long of a wait for her.
After some research I tried something different. This afternoon I sprayed a muffin tin lightly with cooking spray, then cracked an egg open in each muffin tin. It looked like this...
Then you cook for 10-15 minutes at 350. I cooked them for 15 minutes. I wanted to freeze them so I wanted to make sure they were completely done. After they finished, I ran a knife around the edges to loosen them and was left with perfect egg mcmuffin type eggs. Then I flash-freezed them in the muffin tin for one hour. At that point you should take them out and place them in a freezer bag, label, and return to freezer. Of course chaos hit my house and I forgot about them. They stayed in the muffin tin in the freezer for a few hours and now look freezer burnt, but otherwise they would've been perfect. I believe to serve you can just put one straight in the microwave for 60 seconds, but I haven't tested this yet.
After some research I tried something different. This afternoon I sprayed a muffin tin lightly with cooking spray, then cracked an egg open in each muffin tin. It looked like this...
Intro
I have 2 kids under 2. My oldest angel is 17 months and my younger is now a whole 1 month old. Before I had my oldest, I was organized. OCD organized. Then that blessing came and I had to learn how to readjust my lifestyle and not be so incredibly OCD. After about a year, I finally got the hang of it. And just when I started to let my OCD organization start to come back...the second blessing came. I am currently living in a state of chaos that I never knew existed. As my therapist says (yes, it's driven me to therapy), I'm in survival mode. I'm only meeting my 'minimum requirements' as a mother and a homemaker. Now that I've had a month to allow chaos to control my life, I've decided to take it back. The meal baby registry is used up and our waistlines (and wallets) can't afford all the take out.
Baby steps is how I've decided to attack this beast. Starting with food and our meals. For the last few months we've only bought staples (milk, bread, cheese and eggs) and depended on others, our freezer, and take out to fulfill the rest. So yesterday I went on a ridiculous Meijer run to refill our pantry. Of course now all that food is sitting on our counter because the pantry is a disaster in itself and I need to organize that before I can put anything away.
But I digress. My plan of attack is as follows:
1. Meal planning for the week. Our grocery store ads come out on Thursday. At some point on Thursdays when my husband is home (he works all different shifts so I have to be flexible on the time), he will take over the girls and I will sit down at the computer with the ads and a notebook. I will go through the ads and pick one store that looks like it has the best deals on meats, produce, etc. I will then search the internet and my recipe database for recipes for the upcoming week. I will alternate proteins and have 6 meals written down and create a grocery list. I'm hoping once a week we can go out to eat as a treat for behaving the rest of the week! And if not, I'm sure we'll have some leftovers. Going along with the leftovers, I'm hoping that this will decrease the amount of money we have to spend on lunchmeat and such, as we'll have leftovers.
2. I'll pick at least one meal or item to make to freeze. That way we always have something on hand for when the unexpected happens. It's alright if it takes me multiple days to get it all together. For example, on Monday I might cook the noodles and on Tuesday brown the ground beef and not get to put it all together until Wednesday...and that's ok.
I think there were more steps to this, but I sleep for an average 2 hours at a time right now and my short-term memory is shot. Stay tuned, I'm hoping to have some great tips!
Baby steps is how I've decided to attack this beast. Starting with food and our meals. For the last few months we've only bought staples (milk, bread, cheese and eggs) and depended on others, our freezer, and take out to fulfill the rest. So yesterday I went on a ridiculous Meijer run to refill our pantry. Of course now all that food is sitting on our counter because the pantry is a disaster in itself and I need to organize that before I can put anything away.
But I digress. My plan of attack is as follows:
1. Meal planning for the week. Our grocery store ads come out on Thursday. At some point on Thursdays when my husband is home (he works all different shifts so I have to be flexible on the time), he will take over the girls and I will sit down at the computer with the ads and a notebook. I will go through the ads and pick one store that looks like it has the best deals on meats, produce, etc. I will then search the internet and my recipe database for recipes for the upcoming week. I will alternate proteins and have 6 meals written down and create a grocery list. I'm hoping once a week we can go out to eat as a treat for behaving the rest of the week! And if not, I'm sure we'll have some leftovers. Going along with the leftovers, I'm hoping that this will decrease the amount of money we have to spend on lunchmeat and such, as we'll have leftovers.
2. I'll pick at least one meal or item to make to freeze. That way we always have something on hand for when the unexpected happens. It's alright if it takes me multiple days to get it all together. For example, on Monday I might cook the noodles and on Tuesday brown the ground beef and not get to put it all together until Wednesday...and that's ok.
I think there were more steps to this, but I sleep for an average 2 hours at a time right now and my short-term memory is shot. Stay tuned, I'm hoping to have some great tips!
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